The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1980 Page: 1 of 10
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The Hereford BRAND
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Hereford, Texas, Tuesday, July 15, 1980
81st Year, No. 10
County Tax Rate Increases 33 Percent
Tax Relief Law Confuses Issue
Reagan Seeks
Veep Choice
Corporation
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Woman Injured
Hereford firemen wash down spilled fuel from
the rear of this overturned car following a one
vehicle accident at Whittier and Forest
Saturday night. The driver of the car, Sally
Galvan, 27, of Hereford, apparently lost control
of the vehicle and hit a power pole guywire. The
vehicle overturned and Ms. Galvan suffered a
fractured pelvis in the accident. She received
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three percent across-the-
board salary increase. Com-
missioners also approved the
payment of employee retire-
ment benefits, adding ano-
ther six percent to salaries.
Because of the new Tax
Relief Amendment, it ap-
pears that not all taxes will be
increased by 33.3 percent.
For example, a farm with
$103,880 market value last
year (one pulled from the tax
rolls) will have an ag value of
$93,725 this year. Under the
new tax rate and assessment,
that property owner will have
his taxes increased by 20
percent.
some will have larger," said Gov. Bill Clements,
chairman for Reagan.
He was backed up by Ernest Angelo. Midland,
Bob Nigh has rejoined The
Hereford Brand staff as
advertising manager, it was
announced Monday by pub-
lisher O.G. Nieman
Nigh had announced plans
two weeks ago to move to a
job in Borger. but ne changed
those plans last week and
returned to the newspaper
staff Monday Bob Hillerby.
who was named recently to
succeed Nigh, has been
re-assigned as production
manager and ad salesman.
With tag changes, the
All commissioners were
present for the meeting
Monday. The commission
had approved the budget last
month. The budget will
increase only $247,337, but
Schroeter said the county
started with some "favorable
balances" last year and these
had been depelted by about
$400,000.
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emergency treatment at Deaf Smith General
Hospital and was later transferred to St.
Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo. A passenger in
the car, four-year-old Kimberly Padilla of
Abilene suffered minor injuries and was
hospitalized here overnight while her brother,
Ignacio, also a passenger, was not injured.
[Brand photo by Jim Steiert]
DETROIT (AP) — With everything going his way on the
Republican Convention floor, Ronald Reagan is inviting party
leaders to his hotel suite today for private chats designed to
help with his decision on a vice presidential candidate and
with his effort to close party ranks.
On Reagan's guest list for today were Henry A. Kissinger,
Gerald R. Ford, supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment
and, quite likely, some of the men mentioned as leading his
list of vice presidential possibilities.
During morning and evening sessions of the convention on
Monday, everything went off on schedule with hardly a ripple
of controversy to provide any work for the Reagan political
directors who roamed the floor.
The highlight of the opening day occurred Monday night
when Ford received a warm emotional welcome from the
delegates and pledged that "this Republican is going to do
everything in his power to elect our nominee to the
presidency of the United States.”
It was Ford's 67th birthday and when he finished speaking
and cheers had died down, the delegates sang "Happy Birth-
day" to the former president.
On the floor after the Ford speech, William Casey,
Reagan’s campaign manager, said a Reagan-Ford com-
bination "would be a great ticket.”
But Ford has made it clear he would not accept the vice
presidential nomination and Casey said he doubted there
would be any effort to try to draft Ford.
Kissinger was interview Monday night on CBS and when
asked if he thought he might be offered his old job as
secretary of state in a Reagan administration, he replied that
"I have no expectancy one way or the other.”
Reagan aides, while acknowledging that much of the
candidate's day would be devoted to the vice presidential
decision, refused to say which of the potential choices might
be invited to his suite for a chat.
Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, one of the opening day
speakers, said that he had not been invited to any meeting
with Reagan, but that he had been asked for material to
supplement the personal and financial data the Reagan staff
had requested from several vice presidential prospects.
The deadline was d awing near for a decision from Reagan
who will receive the presidential nomination from the con-
vention on Wednesday night. He is expected to make his
choice late that night and announce it at an 11 a.m. news
conference on Thursday.
While Reagan pondered, others lobbied.
Gov. William Milliken of Michigan, who had supported
George Bush for the presidential nomination, now is boosting
the former U.N. ambassador for the second spot on the ticket.
Pennsylvania delegates were considering a resolution
urging Reagan to choose Bush
Meanwhile, Bush made the rounds Monday of delegations
where he still had support for the presidential nomination and
told his backers he was releasing them and urged them to
vote for Reagan on Wednesday night.
The convention reconvenes at 5 p.m., EDT, today, with the
speakers to include Kissinger, Sen. Barry Goldwater of
Arizona, Reps. Jack Kemp of New York and Guy Vander Jagt
of Michigan, both vice presidential possibilities, and former
Texas Gov. John B. Connally.
Vander Jagt will deliver the convention keynote address.
Whether by coincidence or by design, all the names on
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Ammonia Sprayed on Picketers
May Reorganize
DETROIT (AP) - There may be some bruised feelings
among longtime Republican local leaders, but statewide
directors of the Ronald Reagan campaign say they intend to
arrange party workers however they feel necessary to win in
November in Texas.
"Some indeed will have lesser roles in the campaign and
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campaign director for Reagan, and State GOP Chairman Chet
Upham. Mineral Wells.
The three top leaders called a news conference Monday
after it was learned that 77 Texas delegates and alternates
met Sunday night in an unannounced session to discuss
Reagan's general election campaign.
Some delegates said there was a grassroots feeling, par-
ticularly in north and south Texas, that the developing
general election campaign might drop some local leaders who
had supported the party for years.
Afterwards, Jesse Brookshire. Texarkana, who presided at
the unofficial caucus, said “it was basically a lack of com-
munication."
The Texas delegation had two caucuses scheduled today,
one including an appearance by Nancy Reagan, wife of the
expected GOP presidential nominee.
Clements quickly let the Monday news conference know
who was in charge of the November campaign for Reagan.
"There is no question of who is chairman of the Reagan
drive in Texas. You're looking at him. I'm it." he said,
glaring at reporters.
Later the Republican governor said that "for people to be
concerned at this point (about campaign organization) is not
helpful."
Angelo said that the Reagan organization that won 52
percent of the presidential primary vote, and 61 of the 80
delegates, had been disbanded The makeup of the new
organizaton for the general election has not been announced.
"I expect most if not all of those who helped us in he
primary will have a part in the fall campaign," he said, "but
there will be other people too. No decision has been made
who will be involved. Maybe we will know something next
week."
commissioners decided to
make the switch this year.
County auditor Alex Schroet-
er told commissioners it
would take a 30-cent rate to
produce the same revenue as
last year.
To make up for the loss in
the tax base-due to ag values
on farmland rather than
market value, another three
cents would be needed, said
Schroeter. To take care of pay
if a hous or business
carried the same value of
$103,880. the tax hike would
amount to 33.3 percent
increase, from $311.62 last
year to $415.52 the coming
year.
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In addition. TFWU officials
met Monday afternoon with
representatives of the Here-
ford and Lubbock chapters of
the American GI forum as
well as the president of the
Lubbock chapter of the
League of United Latin
American Citizens to discuss
fund raising activities for the
TFWU.
On another note Monday.
TFWU memters claimed a
local vegetable packing firm
had hiked its piecework rate
to 90 cents per bushel, well
above the 50 cent per bushel
rate being widely paid in the
onion fields of the area at this
time.
Charges of simple assault
were filed Monday afternoon
against Howard "Buck"
Mitchel of Hart after an
incident Saturday in which
TFWU picketers and Castro
By PAUL SIMS
Managing Editor
Deaf Smith County Com-
missioners Monday changed
the tax rate from $1.25 to 40
cents per $100 valuation, but
the assessed value was
changed from 24 percent to
100 percent.
That amounts to a 33.3
percent increase in the tax
rate, because a 30-cent rate
would have been equivalent
to last year's $1.25 rate under
the lower assessment. If the
assessment had remained at
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By PAUL SIMS
Managing Editor
Deaf Smith County com-
missioners Monday approved
a resolution authorizing the
creation of the Deaf Smith
County Industrial Develop-
ment Corporation, which
chamber of commerce offi-
cials said would allow
prospective industries to use
industrial revenue bonds to
build in the Hereford area.
The bonds, chamber offi-
cials told the commission,
also would allow existing
industries to expand. The
state requires corporations to
be set up within counties
before bonds can be issued.
The resolution. requested
by chamber president Ken
Rogers and executive vice
president Michael Carr,
establishes a corporation
which will act on behalf of the
county "in the promotion and
development of commercial,
industrial and manufacturing
enterprises.”
Commissioners, in approv-
ing the resolution, accepted a
set of bylaws governing the
corporation and appointed a
board of directors.
The corporation board will
consist of Craig Smith. James
Sears. Dick Montgomery.
Tom Burdett and Bob
Gentry. Montgomery. Bur-
dett and Gentry attended
Monday's commission meet-
ing.
Last year's state Legisla-
ture approved the issuance of
the bonds, effective Sept. 1.
1979. The bonds, Carr said,
put no liability on the county
since they are purchased by
independent buyers for
qualified industry.
"Does this take any
prospective bond issue out of
the hands of the commission-
ers' court?" Commissioner
Bruce Coleman asked.
"No, you will have a direct
voice into the board of
directors," Carr said. "This
is only a way that the
industrial-revenue bonds can
be applied for. It doesn't
issue bonds: it just approves
the application, then the
application is sent on to the
Texas Industrial Commission
for final approval."
Gentry told Coleman that if
bonds are to be requested
from the state, "this court
would first have to approve
it."
Coleman asked "who
would pick up the tab" if a
advertising staff now in-
cludes. Nigh. Hillerby and
Janet Snvder in sales and
layout, and Jerry Klechak in
advertising composition. De-
light Williams is jn charge of
classified advertising.
"We are happy that Nigh
made the decision to stay
with The Brand." stated
Nieman "Not only has he
been an asset to the
newspaper, but he has been a
good citizen of the commun-
ity."
Nigh a native of Okla
raises and other budget
increases, another seven
cents was necessary, he
added.
Schroeter said the county's
tax base had been reduced
from $429 million last year to
$399 million this year
because of the ag value factor
in the Tax Relief Amend-
ment.
Included in the $2.7 million
budget for 1980-81 was a
By JIM STEIERT
Farm Editor
A flurry of activities
Monday marked the launch-
ing of the fourth straight
week of a strike on onion
fields by the Texas Farm
Workers Union.
TFWU members and
supporters filed a complaint
against a Hart man Monday
stemming from an ammonia
spraying incident Saturday.
The preliminary Census
80 figures are in and city
and county officials are
concerned that several
thousand citizens have not
been counted.
The preliminary total for
Hereford was reporeted by
the district census office at
14.814. City officials feel
that a conservative esti-
mate of the population is
more than 17,000.
Mayor Bartley Dowell
contacted William Soule,
district census officer in
Amarillo. Monday and
asked for clarification on
how the city should
challenge the totals. Dowell
noted that the preliminary
printout sheets showed
many vacant houses
The mayor has requested
that The Brand again
publish a "Were You
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homa, graduated from high
school in Oklahoma City and
earned a journalism degree
at Ceniral State University in
Edmond, Okla. He worked on
the Marlin Daily Democrat
before coming to Hereford in
July. 1976.
Nigh and hi wife. Glenda,
have two children. They are
members of the First Baptist
Church. He has been active
in the Lions Club chamber of
commerce, the American
Cancer Society, and in
YMCA programs
census, the totals have an
important bearing on gov-
ernment funds and on
congressional representa-
ion of states and areas.
The Hereford mayor
feels many citizens simply
did not fill out a form
because they didn't want to
answer "a lot of ques-
tions." Even though res-
ponses on tiie question-
naires were confidential,
this probably kept some
people from returning the
forms.
The preliminary count for
Deaf Smith County was
reported at 19.450 City,
county and chamber of
commerce officials feel the
figures are definitely low
City Manager Dudley
Bayne says the city total
appears to be at least 3.000
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prospective industry default-
ed.
"Whoever bought the
bonds." Commissioner Aus-
tin Rose responded. "The
county has no obligation
whatsoever, from what I
understand about it."
Commissioners turned ov-
er the corporation bylaws and
articles of incorporation to
Assistant District Atty. Jerry
Smith, who later agreed
Monday that the county
would not be liable for any
funds. The chamber request
was unanimously approved.
The court Monday consi-
dered another resolution--
one which would have asked
the state to grant the county
ordinance-making authority
concerning a ban on the sale
and use of fireworks outside
the city limits.
The resolution was re-
quested by Potter County
Judge Cliff Roberts, who
convinced his commission-
ers' court Monday to approve
it. The Randall and Gray
County courts approved
similar resolutions.
Deaf Smith County com-
missioners tabled the request
until they receive more
information from Roberts.
"We've got a whole year
before we have a problem, so
we can vote on it at our next
meeting." Commissioner
James Voyles said, while
asking County Judge Glen
Nelson to receive additional
information from Roberts
concerning what action the
county should take.
Fireworks were blamed for
at least 26 fires in the city and
county since they first went
on sale duirng the last week
of June. Damage is expected
to run at least $40,000.
according to fire department
officials.
Counties do not have
ordinance-making authority.
The Potter County resolution
will ask the state to allow the
county to ban the sale and
use of fireworks. Roberts said
Monday the resolution will be
submitted to the Panhandle
and state judges and
commissioners associations,
along with the 1981 Legisla-
ture.
Texas Rural Legal Aid
attorney Bill Beardall attend-
ed Monday's meeting to
clarify the role of the Texas
Advisory Council.
The clarification was the
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24 percent, the rate would
have jumped to $1.67.
Commissioners blame a
$30 million tax-base loss due
to the new Tax Relief
Amendment, inflationary
fuel costs, and a nine percent
pay hike to county employees
for the tax increase.
Under the Tax Relief
Amendment, the state re-
quires 100 percent of
assessed value by 1981. The
Counted" form so that
citizens who have not sent
in a form can make sure
they are counted. The form
can be found inside today's
issue of the newspaper.
Soule said the office
would require no more
information than a mere
headcount. He also invited
citizens who have not been
counted to call the district
census office collect and
give the information on the
phone.' The number is
806-335-1656.
The distict census officer
indicated that enumerators
are still checking back on
units that had been marked
vacant. He emphasized that
his office. at this point, is
only interested in a
population count
As has been pointed out
in much publicity about the
County sheriff's deputies
were sprayed with anhydrous
ammonia from a tank being
pulled by a pickup.
According to Castro Coun-
ty District Attorney Jimmy
Davi', 'he ammonia spraying
occur -ed about two miles east
of Hart neart an onion field
contracted to the Dimmitt
packing shed of La Mantia-
Cullum-Collier & Co.
Davis reported that pickets
had gathered along a county
road next to an onion field
being picketed when an
individual "apparently came
through with an ammonia
tank hookup, spraying am-
monia in the area."
TFWU picketers and
Castro County deputies were
hit by a cloud of ammonia, a
substance used as a source of
nitrogen fertilizer that can
severely injure the respira-
tory tract.
TFWU members at the
scene reported that the
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Sims, Paul. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1980, newspaper, July 15, 1980; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1429825/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.